A practical example of the challenge of empowering employees and yet protecting the image of your global brand. Patisserie Valerie make great use of their customer email database. Regular mailings with seasonal and speciality offers. The quality of their produce… Continue reading
Anxiety is a natural response to situations that we anticipate in the future, where we believe that we are unable to control things around us, and the possible consequence of that is that we will be hurt. This week, I… Continue reading
A colleague pointed out that I’d worked through a recession and wondered if I’d got any tips? I don’t like talking about my own work too much, but the backstory might help explain the bullet points… Coaching through recessions… what… Continue reading
Someone, somewhere, came up with a way of modelling how an organisation relates to an individual employee over the course of their time with them. This has entered the mythology of HR and textbooks refer to it as if it… Continue reading
THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE EXECUTIVE-POST.INFO ON 30TH JANUARY 2012 If you’ve not already seen it, then do buy or hire a copy of “Pay it Forward” on DVD and watch it. It’s based on a novel by… Continue reading
THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN MY EXECUTIVE-POST BLOG ON 10th AUGUST 2010 A little research for a project has led me to find out, from a number of people using CVs, what their key bug-bears are with those they receive.… Continue reading
For over a decade, I have been helping senior executives to find a new job. A couple of years ago, I wrote a short book to help them in the process – it’s called the “Senior Executive’s Emergency Job Hunt”… Continue reading
This is a very familiar plea. Sadly, a lot of the people who come to me have been trying for quite a while to find a new role, haven’t succeeded, and now their spouse is beginning to lose patience. A… Continue reading
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